Alpis

Latin Etymology See la Alpes Proper noun Alpis<3.both> f Alps (usually plural) Declension Alpis<3.both> References Old English Etymology ang :bor la:Alpēs ang la Alpis Proper noun the ang Alps mountain range r/Western Europe late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans ang Æt þǣm ende, hit beliċġað ðā beorgas, þe man hǣt Alpis: þā onginnað westane fram þǣm Wendelsǣ, in Narbonense þǣre ðēode and endiað eft ēast in Dalmatia þǣm lande, æt þǣm sǣ. At the end extend the mountains known as the Alps; they begin in the west of the Mediterranean, in Gallia Narbonensis, and end at the eastern sea in the land of Dalmatia. Paelignian Etymology pgn. Perhaps related to la Alpius and osc Alfius. Proper noun pgn proper noun nominative singular m a Paelignian family name pgn Inscription from a bronze plate st. pontiesn. pontiesv. alpis,tr. apidis.iouioispuclois sest.a.plens Rex Wallace St. Pontius/ N. Pontius, V. Alpius/Tr. Apidius set up (i.e. dedicated) (this plate) to the sons of Jove. References 599 Alpis 77 en Salomies, Olli The Nomina of the Samnites. A Checklist Arctos – Acta Philologica Fennica 142 2012 https://journal.fi/arctos/article/view/85101 46 2814-855X 10.71390/arctos.85101 https://web.archive.org/web/20260617012057/https://journal.fi/arctos/article/view/85101 17 June 2026